[Scribus] Perl Script for anyone who wants it...

[Owen]

On Wed, 19 Oct 2005 08:00:59 -0400
Wes Allen <wezlo at crosspointings.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
>     I think many know I've been using multivalent to do my impositions. 
> It works great, but my only problem is that needed to figure out the
> layout on my own.  Not anymore!
> 
>     Last night a friend of mine designed a small perl script that would
> correctly print out the page order for booklet printing - and I expanded
> it to create and run a the impose command from the multivalent suite.
> 
>     Here's the deal:
> 
> 1. It works for single-fold, 2-up, double-sided impositions.
> 2. Because of 1, it will only run if your work's number of pages is
> divisible cleanly by 4
> 3. It's currently set for the location where my java installation is.
> 4. The script is pre-configured to use us-letter (though you can easily
> change that).
> 
> If anyone is interested in seeing this, let me know.  I'm just happy
> because I don't have to figure this out on my own anymore...



Why not post the script to the wiki? ( http://wiki.scribus.net/index.php/Main_Page )

That way it will be there for others to use or enhance.

Alternatively post it as a body to a text message, that way it will be in the archives



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